Amazon’s venture into healthcare through Haven under Atul Gawande’s leadership did not...
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One way to lower the cost of biologics
Peter B. Bach and Mark R. Trusheim offer a proposal to lower the cost of biologics in an op-ed for...
Congresswomen Jayapal and Dingell introduce Medicare for All Act
Today, Congresswomen Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell, along with 110 co-sponsors in the House of...
Don’t trust Medicare nursing home star ratings
Two and a half years ago, I warned people not to be misled by Medicare five-star nursing home...
People living in rural communities disenroll from Medicare...
Sungchul Park, David Meyers et al. report in Health Affairs that people living in rural communities...
Billing fraud pervasive in Medicare Advantage
In an effort to maximize government payments and minimize expenditures, attorneys David Engel, Gary...
MedPAC: Traditional Medicare consistently costs less than...
In a concise online memo, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee, MedPAC, responded to health...
The deadly consequences of out-of-pocket drug costs
A new paper in NBER looks at the deadly consequences of out-of-pocket costs in the Medicare Part D...
Coronavirus: Why isn’t every older adult vaccinated?
Eighty percent of people in the US who have died of COVID-19 have been over 65, so the Centers for...
What’s the value of private health insurers?
Many Americans believe that private health insurance has value. And, many wealthy countries with...